Valentines Day Food

Valentines Day Food is all about Chocolate, everything pink and/or red and shaped like hearts!  Heart Shaped Pancakes, Waffles, or French Toast, with Heart Shaped Potatoes, and Heart Shaped Strawberries are a great way to start the day! Valentines Day is a great day to surprise your loved ones with Breakfast in Bed!!

Even just getting a cup of coffee in bed with a heart shaped chocolate(s) on the plate is wonderful, along with a few minutes to enjoy it!

Food Substitutions for Chocolate, Chocolate, and more Chocolate!

• This year 35 million heart shaped boxes of chocolate will be sold, but you must tango for 16 hours to burn off the calories!


• A box of 25 truffles will set you back around 3,250 calories!


• Try: 1 cup coconut milk ice cream, 1 cup raspberries, and 2 T sliced almonds for 270 calories!


• Try: A fruit parfait of 1 cup fresh strawberries, 6 oz nonfat Greek Yogurt, topped with 2 T dark chocolate chunks for 200 calories!


• Try: 1 cup of fruit to dip in 1/4 cup melted dark chocolate for around 180 calories.


• Try: Large Strawberries dipped in dark chocolate for 74 calories for 2 of them.


• Try: 10 raspberries with 1/8 cup of light whipped topping for 54 calories!


• Valentines Day Food Treats for kids parties would be: strawberries and dried apricots dipped in dark chocolate, large pretzel sticks dipped in chocolate, smoothies made with low fat yogurt and fruit, fruit skewers with strawberry yogurt dip, or make a veggie tray in a heart shape surrounded by mini tomatoes, heart shaped peanut butter and strawberry jam sandwiches, or non food options.

I love the Heart Shaped Fruit Skewers with Dip!

Who wouldn't love having these?

This is a really simple idea, especially for kids lunches! Get a small heart shaped cookie cutter and cut out a piece of an apple, and place it into a different colored apple. Imagine the surprise of those who go to eat their packed lunch to find a different colored heart in their apple.  Simple and fun!!

Pictured Above: A Valentine's Day Cupcake (Red Velvet) made by our niece Amanda 

Holidays have become overly commercialized and centered on processed candy, sweets and other stuff! Simplify the season and develop healthy diet habits for your love of chocolate! A little great chocolate with fruit goes a long way! Strawberries dipped in chocolate can make you the hit of any party you attend, especially if you are a guy!

Over time, we will be posting some Valentines Day Recipes and having an opportunity for others to share their favorite Holiday Recipes and Food ideas.

Please Follow our Holidays and Observances Valentines Day Food Holiday Board on Pinterest - below you will see our 30 most recent pins to this photo board!

Click on the SEE ON PINTEREST bar right above, to see all the rest of our photo's on this board, and to Follow the board. New photos will be constantly added!  This will give you some great ideas for Valentine's Day Food - I especially love all the Fruit options!!